Episode 423 | 2026 Big Season Preview

Paul landed on the IL this week, but Old Friend Steve Garzcynski stepped in for our division by division look at the 2026 MLB season, picks for division winners and wild cards, postseason hardware and a whole bunch of your questions.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Paul is back this week to discuss the NL Central, whether this is the year the Cubs unseat the Brewers, what to make of the mish mash in the middle of the division and just how bad the Cards will and for how long. They also talked about the Quinn Priester injury and which racing sausage represents which team. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Our annual Brewers preview series rolls on this week, with Jaymes and Ryan going to a two man booth to discuss the pitcching staff, where despite a number of offseason changes the outlook for 2026 remains bright. After that, they took questions on a number of pitching things as well as the kerfuffle created by the Brewers trying to game the ABS system. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

It's time for our annual series previewing the upcoming Brewers season, starting off with the offense. We went position by position trying to get a feel for what we expect and where the potential pitfalls are. We then took a number of questions on hitting for power, lineup order and the ball/strike challenge system.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Paul was back this week to talk all about the Brewers extending manager Pat Murphy, some interesting Mark Attanasio quotes, the impeding labor situation and the first games of spring. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

Spencer was in for Paul this week discussing the Caleb Durbin trade, the signings of Luis Rengifo and Gary Sanchez , whether there are still more moves to be made and if you stick around to the very end, the Fangraphs and PECOTA projections.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

On this week's show the guys discussed a couple more minor league signings, the Brewers new streaming home, WBC rosters, the impending opening of training camp and why it doesn't pay to read too much into what happens in spring training.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

On this week's show the guys discussed a couple of minor league signings, the latest PECOTA projections and the impending release of the Fangraphs team projections, some wonderful farm system rankings, colluding to stop the Dodgers and, of course, The Lord of the Rings. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

The Brewers finally made the move we'd been waiting for all winter and dealt Freddy Peralta for the Mets for a pair of top 100 prospects. Jaymes, Paul and Ryan looked at it from both long term and short term perspectives, how it impacts the rest of the roster and what else we're hoping to see now that it's done.Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU

It was a slow Brewers news week, but the guys did talk about the recent crop of international signings, engaged in some Dodgers Discourse, another hypothetical Freddy Peralta trade, backup catchers, Craig Yoho and the most Milwaukee possible gameday giveaway. Support the podcast on Patreon and receive the Monthly Minor League Extra and Weekly Packers Preview.Music: Fair Weather Fans by The Baseball Project recorded live at WFMU